Geographical aspects of South East Asian countries – 9

Geography of Malaysia Malaysia, a federation of thirteen states in South-East Asia on the Malay Peninsula, consists of two geographical regions divided by the South China Sea, the Peninsular Malaysia or West Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo or East Malaysia. Malaysia is situated in South-eastern Asia with Thailand and one-third of the island of Borneo bordering […]

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Geographical aspects of South East Asian countries – 6

Geography of Cambodia Cambodia is a country in mainland South-east Asia, bordering Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and the Gulf of Thailand and covers a total area of 181,035 km². The country is situated in its entirety inside the tropical Indomalayan ecozone and the Indochina Time zone. Cambodia has a land area of 181,035 square kilometers in the […]

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Geographical aspects of South East Asian countries – 4

Geography of Vietnam Vietnam is located on the eastern margin of the Indochinese peninsula and occupies about 331,211.6 square kilometres. It borders the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and Pacific Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia. The S-shaped country has a north-to-south distance of 1,650 kilometres and is about 50 kilometres wide at the […]

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Geographical aspects of South East Asian countries – 2

Geography of Indonesia Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world. It consists of five major islands and about 30 smaller groups. There are total number of 17,508 islands of which about 6000 are inhabited. Straddling equator, the archipelago is on a crossroads between two oceans, the Pacific and the Indian Ocean, and bridges two […]

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Geographical aspects of South East Asian countries – 1

 INTRODUCTION Asia is the largest and most populous continent in the world, sharing borders with Europe and Africa to its West, Oceania to its South, and North America to its East. Asia is often divided into culturally and geographically similar regions. Although definitions, names, and borders can vary, generally the regions of Asia include West […]

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